On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Scott wrote:

>      I've tried it at two locations using hubs and cables I know are
> good, and this is my second 10/100 card just in case the original was
> the problem.  Boxes on the network can ping to the laptop, but the
> pings don't actually make it back to the sender.  The thinkpad itself
> though just can't get out and it's really starting to irritate me.  
> Has anyone had a similar problem or have any idea as to what this
> could be?  For reference purposes, on my local network the pc had an
> ip of 192.168.1.1, netmask 255.255.255.0.  The laptop is 192.168.1.2,
> same netmask of course.

Sounds to me (giving only a cursory glance) that you should look at your
routing tables. What does the output of 'route -n' look like? Is ping
giving you 'network is unreachable'? etc., etc.

Pacem in Terris / Mir / Shanti / Salaam / Heiwa
Kevin R. Bullock


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